Re: [cobalt-users] Custom MX record

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 26 Sep 2003, Gerald Waugh wrote:

> On Fri, 26 Sep 2003, William Lamb wrote:
>
> > I have to set up a MX record that points to a exchange server. The issue
> > is that I can not use a domain name, I must use an IP address.  So I can
> > only conceive two options in this matter.
> >
> > A: edit etc/named/pri.domain.com and edit the record: domain.com IN  MX
> > 30 111.222.333.444
> >
> > B: go thru the GUI and make a MX (domain.com points to mail.domian.com)
> > and make an A record mail.domain.com IN A 111.222.333.444
> >
> > Is either one of these going to work or do I have another option?
>
> The latter method should work.
> Since you probably do not maintain the records for the exchange server
> on the RaQ, you would not make an 'A' record for that server.

Also, you need to make sure the email alias in site settings is 'blank'
and you or the client,  may want to use your server as a backup email
server. In which case create a low priority MX pointing to your server,
and add the domain to 'relay for domains' in email parameters.

Gerald
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